Orchid Hybrid of Your Own

Orchid Hybrid Naming & Registration

The Orchid family is the largest in the whole plant kingdom, consisting of 735 genera and more than 20,000 species. Orchids can be found in most parts of the world. However, it is only in the tropical and sub-tropical regions where orchids thrive both in numbers and in diversity. This region is also home to some of the most exotic and rarest orchid species in the world.

In the early 19th century, orchid hunting was a passion to western collectors. The reckless exploitation by these orchid collectors led to the destruction of many natural habitats. Fortunately, towards the end of 19th century, with the development of new hybrids through breeding programs, orchid hybrids soon replaced wild orchids and became the main focus of orchid enthusiasts.

The orchid hybridization programs in Singapore was started 80 years ago by Professor R. E. Holttum. His hybrids such as Aranthera James Storie and Arachnis Maggie Oei were important cut-flowers for over 20 years throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The other famous hybrid, Oncidium Goldiana better known as the 'Golden Shower' or the 'Dancing Lady' orchid, flowered in 1939. It is such a great success that it is still loved by many from around the world.

Arachnis Maggie Oei

Oncidium Goldiana

Aranda Lee Kuan Yew

Orchids for Celebrities

To produce a good hybrid, the breeder not only needs to have good knowledge and experience in the crossing of orchid species, he also has to have good stud plants which have good dominant characters to pass them on to their offspring. However, even with good experience and stud plants, not all the offspring will turn out to be desirable. As such, many new breeds will be discarded upon completion of the selection and evaluation process. In addition, each new hybrid takes 2-4 years to grow from the seedling to the flowering stage. The creation of each successful new hybrid, therefore costs much time, effort and substantial investment from the breeder.

Good hybrids are, thus, limited and are used for naming only after distinguished visitors such as Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana and Premier Zhu Rongji during their official visits to Singapore.

Queen Elizabeth II

Dendrobium Elizabeth

Name an Orchid

Few will have the privilege of experiencing an orchid named after them. Now, an opportunity of a lifetime. With more commercial effort in orchid hybridization, for a relatively affordable fee (from US$4,000), the orchid naming service is now available to you for commemorating a person, celebrating someone's birthday, anniversary, wedding or just to show how importance is the person to you.

Our selections of new orchid hybrid are of exceptional quality, each with the potential to be distributed worldwide. They have gone through at least five years of painstaking selection by renowned breeders. For our exclusive range of premium hybrids, the breeders are confident of the quality of the plants and they can assure that the plants will win awards in international orchid shows!

Registered Orchid Hybrids

[New orchid hybrids are available for naming and registration. For more details, please email to bugsnbuds@yahoo.com]

Dendrobium
Wu Yunqi
2022

Brassocattleya
Makino Asia 50
2023

Vanda

2023

Dendrobium
Alwin Njoo Kiat Guan
2022

Dendrobium

Tsoitsuikuk
2022

Phalaenopsis
Tan Joon Seng
2022

Vandachostylis
Chua Cheow Hoon
2022

Dendrobium

Tan Hong Lian

2018

Papilisia
Elody Pang Hsien Teng
2020

Dendrobium
Muthusamy Visalachee 7
2021

Claudehamiltonara
Lee Swee Yin
2022

Dendrobium

Dr and Mrs Hew Choy Sin

2017

Papilionanda

Lui Sik Tim

2017

Guarvolclia

Miss Endeavour

2018

Dendrobium
Anne-Kathrine

2018

Dendrobium

TWSS 50

2016

Dendrobium

Pearly Woo Bee Yen

2016

Dendrobium

Riverside Secondary School

2017

Dendrobium

Starlight by NYJC

2016

Dendrobium

Gem De Jiemin

2015

Dendrobium

Claude and Tuulikki Janssen

2015

Denfrobium

WRPS Passion

2015

Phalaenopsis

Thomas R. Meier

2015

Dendrobium

Heart of Northorks Primary

2015

Dendrobium

Goh Sai Geok

2015

Dendrobium

Memoria Lee Cheng Huay

2015

Dendrobium

Kraikan Sirirungsi

2015

Dendrobium

Rochester 2014

2014

Dendrobium

HCH Corner House

2014

Vanda

Mymani

2014

Dendrobium

Lee Foong Ying

2015

Perreiraara

Noraini Bajuri

2013

Dendrobium

ISCA

2013

Dendrobium

SKPS

2014

Dendrobium

SMOU

2014

Dendrpbium

Lim Gek Noi

2013

Myrmecatavola

Lee Siew Ying

2013

Perreiraara

Tony Tan Keng Yam

2013

Spathoglottis

Yong Kit Song

2013

Dendrobium

Balestier Honour

2011

Dendrobium

Balestier Love

2011

Doritaenopsis

Catherine's Love

2012

Phalaenopsis

Teck Whye Secondary School

2012

Dendrobium

Grifols

2011

Dendrobium

Pfizer Singapore

2011

Dendrobium

Sotus

2011

Dendrobium

Beauty of Oriflame

2011

Spathoglottis

Telok Kurau Secondary

2010

Dendrobium

Nooraini

2010

Dendrobium

Goh Pi Khuan

2010

Dendrobium

Steward Cross

2010

Dendrobium

Belchim

2009

Dendrobium

FDI Singapore

2009

Dendrobium

Hai Sing

2009

Paravanda

P K Lee

2009

Dendrobium

Dato John Heng Boon Hong

2009

Renantanda

Science Arts

2008

Dendrobium

Trisomy 21

2008

Dendrobium

Rivervale

2008

Renantanda

Polyetheramine Singapore

2007

Doritis pulcherrima
“Balestier United”

2007

Dendrobium

Catherine Weir

2007

Phalaenopsis

Hew Choy Sin

2006

Phalaenopsis

Datin Su Lan

2005

Vanda

Shum Yip Leong

2005

Dendrobium

Cedar

2005

Epidendrum

St. Nicholas

2003

Menziesara

St Anthony's La Salle

2004

Paravandrum

St. Stephen’s

2003

Kagawara

Bukit Timah

2003

Vanda

Kathleen Ngo

2003